La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXVII-5533

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024

Section LXVII-5533 - Methods of Instruction

A. Live classroom training that is led by an instructor and held in a physical location, or delivered via a network, may be used to present post-license and continuing education courses and shall be in such format and detail as prescribed by the commission.

B. Distance education, for the purpose of this Chapter, shall mean any of the following methods of instruction:

1. interactive Internet-based instruction;

2. correspondence courses.

C. Correspondence courses, for the purpose of this Chapter shall be in such format and detail as prescribed by the commission for post- license or continuing education distance learning credit hours only. Passage of an examination on course content is a requirement for all correspondence courses.

D. Real estate education vendors that offer distance education courses shall apply for course approval as follows.

1. Distance education courses shall be submitted to the commission for content approval prior to any course offering.

2. Distance education courses that have been approved by the commission for course content shall be submitted to the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO) for certification of the delivery method prior to any course offering. Loss of ARELLO certification for courses approved under this Section shall automatically suspend commission approval of the course content.

E.

1 Final examinations for distance education courses shall consist of multiple choice questions with four possible answers (a, b, c and d) as follows:

a. a minimum of 20 questions for each two hours of continuing education credit; or

b. a minimum of 150 questions for each post- license final exam.

2. The examination that a student submits for grading shall include a signed and dated statement that the student has personally completed the course and examination.

F. All courses submitted for approval shall be in the exact format in which they will be sold to licensees for post- license or continuing education credit.

G. Real estate education vendors shall not grade any written assignment or examination if it is presented for grading before the time frame for course completion has been reached.

H. Real estate education vendors shall not grade any examination that does not contain the signed certification required in Paragraph E.2 of this Section.

I. Real estate education vendors shall certify students as successfully completing a course only if the student completes any written assignments and passes the required examination on course content.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXVII-5533

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Real Estate Commission, LR 37:3022 (October 2011).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1431 et seq.